Entering the middle of the season, the Magic's record has leveled off. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Curry is still leading the scoring charts, Drummond is capable of grabbing fifteen rebounds per game, and Rondo is still the assist maniac.

In the first team in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers began to exert their strength, and after an initial period of pain, they entered a sweet period of cooperation, with LeBron James and Kyrie Irving's breakaway shots becoming the most eye-catching scenery in the NBA.

The West is still a situation of competing for the best, only the Spurs and the Warriors, who can barely see a little bit of leading the teams, and are in a relatively safe position for the time being.

On the rookie list, after being squeezed out of the top spot by Towns at the end of last month, Li Dong relied on a small outburst against the Clippers and a steady play in other games to rush to the top of the list again.

The data of the two people is indistinguishable, and among the rest of the players, only the Latvian big man Porzingis, who averages 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, can be compared.

After mid-December, the number of injuries to players on teams around the league began to increase.

Magic's Channing Frye missed five games after straining a thigh muscle during an intra-team practice, followed by a sprained knee in Vucevic and a month-long sideline, before the ambitious Skels could react when the team's two main interior players all collapsed.

"When Lao Tzu was coaching the bulls, why didn't he encounter so many things?" After receiving a transfer request from Payton's agent, Skyles had a big head.

The contradiction has been around for a long time.

Oladipo and Li Dong can both hold the ball and break through, just like James and Wade during the Heat Big Three, in this situation, Chalmers, who is a point guard, can only be a three-point shooter who runs without the ball after dribbling past half court. How can this make Payton stand it? If you can't hold the ball, what kind of point guard is it?

And most crucially, Payton found himself less and less valued by the team, while Li Dong gradually became the real core, both on and off the court.

It's just that Payton didn't think about which city to go to, and at the suggestion of his agent, Payton wrote the Nets and Pelicans among the teams that the team applied for a transfer, and there is no doubt that these two teams are big city teams. And, for example, like the Pelicans, the young core Davis is the inside, and point guard Jrue Holiday has injury concerns.

The best situation is the Nets, the agent admitted that the Knicks' interior line is Brook Lopez, but the outside line is not equipped with corresponding excellent guards, if you can partner with Da Luo, it will inevitably be a win-win result, not to mention that in terms of New York's exposure, it is a big treasury that attracts players to go.

When Payton was sad, Hannigan was also unhappy, and the 76ers trade was vetoed by Skyles, who decided that Jahill Okafor's height and skill would not be able to achieve the interior gate effect he was asking for.

"Even, hell!" Hannigan grabbed the hair from his head, where did he find a seven-foot big man who could jump?

On December 22, the Magic hosted the Lakers.

This is a national live game, for the Lakers, the national broadcast is not too unusual, but for the Magic, this is a rare opportunity to show their talent to the world.

Ahead of the game, TNT confirmed that it will feature the golden duo of Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith as commentators.

"Li Dong can win the first Chinese dunk king." Barkley was muddy before the game, and his big mouth directly moved the topic to the hottest rookie protagonist in the league today.

"He's too good-looking, more like an actor." He then added.

The Magic currently sit sixth in the East, ahead of the Pacers and Pistons, behind the Celtics, Hawks, Heat, Raptors and Cavaliers.

The Magic have a good record, although they can't even make it into the top eight in the West, but at least it proves that this is not necessarily a one-sided game, so the home fans have a high attendance today, and Orlando's support for the Flyers has always been among the top in major cities in the United States.

Before nightfall, Li Dong received a call from Joe Thomas.

"But I don't know how to shoot at all?" Li Dong said helplessly.

The other end of the phone immediately became roaring, "Bastard, what can't you do, don't you just let you put on two poses, what's so difficult, let me, I can do it......"

Li Dong smiled helplessly, his ears were slightly offset, and he left the murderous aura that could be smelled through the mobile phone.

"That's it, I've seen your schedule, and after the Lakers game, you're going to have two days off. They're coming to Philadelphia tomorrow, and then you can take the afternoon out and work with the filming. ”

Li Dong: "......"

When he walked into the Wajovia Center Arena, Aaron Gordon came out of nowhere, and as soon as he saw Li Dong walking in front, he took two quick steps, caught up with Li Dong, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey, Lee, what a coincidence." Aaron Gordon said with a smile.

Li Dong turned his head and smiled in return, "It's Gordon, are you coming earlier and earlier?" ”

"Haha, who's to say it's not?" Aaron Gordon touched his head, blushed and laughed twice, he had been training hard and playing seriously during this time, who let Frye get injured, he was temporarily put in the starting line-up. He vowed that as long as the players who had tasted the taste of the starter, they would never want to go back to the cold bench.

"Are you coming by car?" Li Dong asked.

Aaron Gordon nodded and said, "Yes, I just parked the car in the underground garage, you know, I'm a new car, and I'll feel sorry if I put it on it." ”

"It's hard for you to play today, Julius is the league's new generation of first-class power forwards, that athleticism, tsk." Li Dong shook his head and said, looking like he had done his homework.

Aaron Gordon retorted and said: "You still talk about me, is Kobe easy to deal with?" You're ready to be blown up! ”

"Fart." Li Dong smiled: "Coach Scott must have put me in the position of small forward today, Kobe Bryant is so difficult to defend, let's let Victor defend, haha." Although he said this, the eagerness in his eyes was obvious, and he looked high-spirited.

Aaron Gordon didn't order either, just smiled, and the two walked into the locker room side by side.

……

Before the game, ESPN carefully pulled out the data comparison between the Lakers' starting five tigers and the Magic's starting five tigers.

Li Dong pressed his legs, twisted his waist, moved his muscles and bones, and stretched his veins.

The camera stayed on his face for a while, and then switched to Kobe's face on the other side of the court, and then suddenly changed to the Lakers' nearly five live broadcast trailers.

"Although the Magic are very good, I am still optimistic that the Lakers will win, and the Magic's Nickera and Channing are injured, and the Lakers' interior advantage is too obvious." Kenny Smith clearly belongs to the Lakers camp and has proven his position right away.

Barkley cooperated with him tacitly and immediately objected: "The Magic's outside defense is very good, and I don't think the Lakers can play their offense." “

Kenny Smith laughed twice and looked dismissive: "Admittedly, the Magic's outside defense this season has been eye-catching, but I don't think they can defend it, you know, they are the Los Angeles Lakers." ”

Barkley was also not to be outdone: "Hehe, then, do you bet? What if the Magic wins? ”

Kenny Smith was vigilant, anything involving betting or anything was particularly dangerous, especially in front of so many audience friends, and it was impossible to repay the debt. So after thinking about it, he snorted and said with a smile: "There's no need to bet, you know, nothing is impossible in the NBA, haha......"

The audience is happy, and they like to watch the two of them talk, which is very interesting.

Soon, the pre-game ceremony ended, and it was time for the game to begin, the players from both sides walked to the midfield, Kobe Bryant walked over and greeted Oladipo, the two of them are also familiar with each other, and they both recognize each other's strength.

"Hey, rookie Lee."

Li Dong was stunned to see a big dark hand stretched out in front of him.

Immediately, he reacted, with a natural smile on his face, and also stretched out a hand to hold it tightly with Kobe.

"Hello, Mr. Black Mamba."

Under the light, the boy showed his white teeth......